The organic approach to gardening and farming recognizes the entire environment in which plants grow is far more than the sum of its individual parts, and that all living things are interrelated and interdependent.

There are several clear reasons for growing organic, including inspiring biodiversity and the healthiness of the environment. Other reasons include :

• Manufacturing mouth watering, fresh food that is freed from contamination.

• Re-cycling household wastes for compost and reuse, and minimizing the employment of resources.

• Reducing the quantity of insecticides and fertilizers that are polluting our water.

• Inspiring a large number of wild flowers and wildlife to increase at a local level.

• Saving from extinction old sorts of fruit, flowers and vegetables, lots of which are not commercially grown.

• Guarding and even augmenting the living organisms in the soil, which in turn produces fitter plants that are far more impervious to illness and to pests.

• Supporting fauna in your garden and the encircling environment, including birds, frogs, toads and smaller creatures, for example worms and ladybugs.

• Making a safe and pleasing environment in which to work and play. This is especially significant if you have kids. Chemical sprays and other products can damage little kids, who are way more at the mercy of poisons than adults are.

• Also they are rather more likely to touch and eat things in the middle of learning and playing. Youngsters can play safely in an ecological garden, and can become concerned in the wonders of helping a living space to flourish. Getting lots of pleasure, exercise and unpolluted air as you’re employed in your garden.